Synonyms of handicapped

handicapped 1 of 2

adjective

as in hindered

Related Words

• hindered
• encumbered
• hobbled

Dissimilar Words

• free
• quit
• liberated
• shut (of)
• released
• unburdened
• delivered
• freed
• disencumbered
• unhampered
• unimpeded

handicapped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of handicap

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the baseball player's small size did not handicap him in the least

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• hindered
• impeded
• embarrassed
• obstructed
• cramped
• hobbled
• stymied
• inhibited
• delayed
• encumbered
• blocked
• tied up
• handcuffed
• interfered (with)
• shackled
• clogged
• fettered
• restrained
• constrained
• trammeled
• short-circuited
• manacled
• held back
• disrupted
• frustrated
• retarded
• hog-tied
• tied
• thwarted
• bound
• cramped one's style
• gave a hard time
• curbed
• stifled
• held up
• balked
• tethered
• reined
• retained
• confined
• checked
• leashed
• arrested
• braked
• baffled
• barricaded
• chained
• choked
• bogged (down)
• sabotaged
• strangled
• blockaded
• derailed
• repressed
• mired
• roadblocked
• suffocated
• muzzled
• haltered
• foiled
• stumped
• smothered
• hemmed (in)
• suppressed
• hedged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisted
• aided
• helped
• facilitated
• opened
• liberated
• cleared
• released
• freed
• untied
• encouraged
• unplugged
• promoted
• unstopped
• loosened
• made way
• smoothed
• unclogged
• furthered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of handicapped

Adjective

Dottie was buried at Arlington National Cemetery next to Capers and Dottie’s only son, Gary, who was born blind and mentally handicapped and died at 44 in 2003. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Bridges pointed to an encounter last year in which an officer threatened Breshari Faulkner with a Taser, pulled her from her car onto the ground and arrested her during a confrontation over a handicapped parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot. — Travis Loller, Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

Verb

But Khan had sold outdated blueprints, and the agency believed that this had handicapped the Iranians, who had never engineered the necessary centrifuges. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026

But now, environmental advocates worry its storied tenure might finally be coming to an end under plans to reorganize a department already handicapped by staff shortages and strip it of environmental-permitting authority. — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026